After a Windows Phone application has been in the marketplace for sometime there will invariably be several reviews of the application, ranging from one to five stars with optional remarks associated with the review. While there are users who will write...

Windows Phone Stopwatch 4.4 is now Released to Marketplace (RTM) and within this blog post I thought I’d give an overview of this application that has steadily become the most popular stopwatch on Windows Phone 7 . Starting / Pausing the Stopwatch With...

At the Microsoft MIX 2011 conference we discussed the fact that both IDC and Gartner issued reports indicating that by 2015 the Windows Phone ecosystem will be the second largest phone ecosystem in the world ( IDC press release , Gartner press release...

Within the Windows Phone 7 marketplace there are more than 12,000 applications and one such application is the Stopwatch that I published sometime ago, the free version is one of the most popular health and fitness applications. Initially the user interface...

In London this morning Nokia and Microsoft announced plans for a broad strategic partnership, creating a new global mobile ecosystem. “I am excited about this partnership with Nokia”, said Steven Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. “Ecosystems thrive when fueled...

If you thought the performance of the Windows Internet Explorer 9 Beta was impressive, take a look at what the team has been up to since that time. While I have been using several builds of Windows Internet Explorer 9 between the Beta and RC releases...

Windows Internet Explorer 9 RC, build 9.0.8080.16413, has been released to the Web and you can now download the Release Candidate build of the fastest browser on the Web! You can download the Windows Internet Explorer 9 RC from the Beauty of the Web site...

Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 SP1 was Released to Manufacturing (RTM) today and will be available for download by MSDN and TechNet subscribers on February 16th and on February 22nd via Windows Update. You can read more about the release on the...

Brandon Watson blogged ( link ) this week about the availability of the January Windows Phone Developer Tools update and I would encourage anyone developing for Windows Phone 7 to install the two updates here. Using this update you’ll have access to some...

Whether you’re a Web developer interested in harnessing the awesome power of Windows Internet Explorer 9 with HTML5, a Silverlight developer developing the next awesome media or business application, or a Windows Phone 7 developer; you’ll definitely want...

Are you passionate about software development and discussing new and emerging technologies with fellow developers? As a Developer Evangelist within Microsoft’s Developer & Platform Evangelism team you’ll have the opportunity to be immersed in new...

It’s that time again, time to pack your laptop along with critical survival supplies because we’re going camping in the wild, wild, Web! Registrations for the Web Camps in Mountain View, CA and Redmond, WA are now live! Web Camps are completely free of...

Within the Microsoft.Phone.Tasks namespace there are several types that allow you to interact with the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. We’ll explore these types and see how you can search the Windows Phone 7 marketplace programmatically. Let’s start with...

Happy New Year!!!! 2010 brought about some truly awesome technologies from Microsoft, such as Windows Phone 7 and Kinect for XBOX 360. Want to know what Microsoft has been working on for 2011 and beyond? Attend the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show this...

Gastón Hillar, a fellow Intel Black Belt Developer, without a doubt knows what he is talking about when it comes to parallel programming. Professional Parallel Programming with C# is an excellent book for anyone looking to optimize their code for the...

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Achim Berg discusses the momentum, strengths and challenges of the company’s newly launched Windows Phone 7 and gives us some insight into just how successful Windows Phone 7 has been since it’s launch. You can read...

If you have ever been asked by someone, especially a child, how long is it until Christmas then this is the Windows Phone 7 application for you. Christmas Time will tell you exactly how many days, hours, minutes, seconds, and even milliseconds remain...

Want to build some exiting applications for Windows Phone 7 although you’re an absolute beginner when it comes to software development on mobile devices? No problem! MSDN’s Channel 9 has a new series of videos, entitled Windows Phone 7 development for...

Since the beginning of flight school I have been a little bit of a weather nerd and so as soon as I saw this weather phenomenon from my backyard today I had to run back inside and get the camera, hopefully you’ll agree that this is one cool cloud. I initially...

If you are an architect or developer and are using the WCF today or considering the use of WCF on a future project I would highly suggest that you purchase a copy of Programming WCF Services by Juval Lowy. In the new edition of Programming WCF Services...

On December 2nd join us in Redmond, WA at the Microsoft Campus or watch the event live online and see the future of Silverlight. Learn more about the Future of Silverlight from Scott Guthrie , get training, labs, and swag. It’s just like an extra day...